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RamboLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 02:00 AM
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Exclusive: Saudi Rape Victim Tells Her Story
Source: ABC News

Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Justice is defending a sentence of 200 lashes for the victim of a gang rape, punished because she was in the car of a male who wasn't a relative when the two were attacked.

In exclusive testimony obtained by ABC News, the young woman told her story of what happened and how she was treated in the months that followed.

"Everyone looks at me as if I'm wrong. I couldn't even continue my studies. I wanted to die. I tried to commit suicide twice," she said of her experience just after the attack.

The woman, known anonymously in the Saudi press as "Qatif Girl" for the eastern province town where the crime took place, was originally sentenced to 90 lashes for being in a state of "khalwa" -- retreat with a male who's not a relative.



Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/International/Story?id=3899920&page=1



I hope all the negative publicity about this case finally shames the Saudi court into dropping this idiotic sentence. As the world condemned apartheid in South Africa it's time this religious idiocy is renounced in these fundamentalist countries and they quit being allowed to hide behind religion.
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cboy4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 02:07 AM
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1. Yup. This story is outrageous. It is time to pressure
these countries who hide behind the cover of Sharia Law to oppress and abuse women, and oppress and abuse gay people....including hanging gay children from cranes.

http://vwt.d2g.com:8081/gay_hanging_iran.jpg
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pansypoo53219 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 02:30 AM
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2. but we invaded iWaq
cause saddam gassed his people. HOW MANY IRAQQIS WERE ON THE PLANES?
zero. oh yeah, MOST WERE FROM SAUDI ARABIA.


why didn't we go after SAUDI oil?
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seriousstan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 02:35 AM
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3. Sharia law and the religion of peace. Gotta love the 16th century.
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 03:06 AM
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4. The only out is MERCY, as idiotic as that seems
New York-based Human Rights Watch researcher Christoph Wilcke, who studies the Saudi legal system, said the woman would need a pardon from King Abdullah himself or from the provincial governor to be spared the lashings and jail time. The punishment will also be reviewed by the Supreme Judiciary Council, which will scrutinize the ruling, according to the Ministry of Justice.

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sam sarrha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 04:10 AM
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5. the 6 attackers also ass raped the man with her.. rape/murder is institutional.. >Links>>
Edited on Tue Nov-27-07 04:54 AM by sam sarrha
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terisan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 07:40 AM
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6. Saudi Prince had his granddaughter and her lover executed in public in 1970s. He was the Decider.
The Saudi rulers behaved the same way then as now. They claimed they tried to dissuade their relative.

Apparently little has changed.
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